Customers of Polish bank can get a loan at the ATM

January 9, 2014

Talk about self-service. Warsaw, Poland-based Bank Millennium added a service last month that allows bank customers to take out a small personal loan with a…

2013's 10 best blogs

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

From ATM upgrade deadlines to an updated 'light' branch, the topics of these blogs clicked with our readers in 2013.

Maybank brings cardless ATM withdrawal to Malaysians

January 8, 2014

Maybank has introduced Malaysia's first P2P payments service that lets money transfer recipients withdraw cash from an ATM without the need for an ATM card.

Consumers want real-time payments - from their primary FI

by Terry Dooley — SVP & CIO, ITS, Inc

A recent FIS study reiterates three key points regarding consumers and real-time payments. 

8 more arrests in $45M bank heist

January 8, 2014

Nearly a year after a bank job that siphoned off $45 million from two Middle East FIs, Spanish police have announced the arrest of another eight suspects…

No less than the best: Attracting top talent in 2014

Seven ways ATM deployers can make sure they're not sabotaging their efforts to recruit the industry's best and brightest.

Co-op, Credit Unions for Kids enable charitable giving at ATMs

January 6, 2014

Co-op Financial Services and the charitable organization Credit Unions for Kids have introduced an add-on ATM transaction that will allow members to make a…

ATM mandates in India create a quandary for FIs

January 3, 2014

In the wake of a brutal machete attack on a woman at an ATM in Bangalore on Nov. 19, many of India's state governments are requesting — if not requiring — that…

Analyze this! Plastic in our ATMs?

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

Upon further analysis, it would appear that the world is going plastic or, to be more accurate, polymer. When it comes to currency, polymer is making…

With checks still popular, UK looks to mobile devices to speed processing

January 2, 2014

The U.K. Treasury has announced plans to speed up check processing and to promote check imaging via smartphones, tablets and ATMs. The Government Department…

European Banking Authority issues virtual currency warning

December 26, 2013

The European Banking Authority has issued a warning about the unregulated nature of virtual currencies such as Bitcoin, and the risk to consumers of buying…

Belarus bank brings payments control in-house

December 20, 2013

Belgazprombank, an FI in the Republic of Belarus, and BPC Technologies have partnered on implementation of the bank's new in-house processing center. By going…

Guides offer a roadmap for 2 major ATM upgrades in 2014

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Information in new premium guides can take some of the angst out of upgrades to EMV and Windows 7 in the new year.

New Commerzbank branch intros Germany's first video teller ATM

December 19, 2013

This month, German FI Commerzbank AG revealed its new branch strategy with the opening of its reinvented branch in Berlin — the first in Germany to use a video…

THE major reason for FI outsourcing in 2014

by Mark Smith — VP of Financial Solutions, Kahuna ATM Solutions

Simply, Windows 7.

How the market is forcing multivendor ATM strategies to a new level

A panel of experts including Citibank, Navy FCU and NCR discuss the market's need for ATM solutions that work in a multichannel environment dominated by…

NCR and Navy FCU's mobile strategy slowed down by compliance

ADA, EMV, Windows 7 and a slew of other mandates have impeded the flow of products, services and other "customer delighters" from hitting the market. (Panel…

Here to stay: folding money and forward-thinking ATM operators

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Webinar considers the future of cash - and the ways innovative ATM deployers can make more of it now.

ATMs aren't losing share, they're gaining company

NCR explains the rationale behind its planned acquisition of mobile and online provider Digital Insight.

'Intelligent-powered' ATMs take banking where it's never been

December 11, 2013

India has 600,000 villages, most of them rural, and only 12 percent of them banked. Further, the country has 400,000 citizens — also mostly rural and unbanked…